Buck for pressing machines



1934- J. s. PATTERSON BUCK FOR PRESSING MACHINES Filed July 30. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet, l

ATTORNEYS 1934- J. 5. PATTERSON ,57

BUCK FOR PRESSING MACHINES Filed July 30. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet". 2

INVENTOR ww w ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 9, 1934 r ii m p ESTATES 1P ATE-TNT. orm c E 7 1,976,576 V BUCK roa rasssrNo MACHINES "John S. Patterson, Cincinnati, hio,assi'gnor to The American Laundry Machinery Company, ';Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application July 30, 1931, Serial No. 553,966

3 Claims. (01. 689) My invention relates to a'shirt pressing mathe buck'and. be crushed by the pressing operachine and, particularly, to a pressing bed or buck tion. Thus, to completely and. properly press Constructed especially for use in pressing the the yoke of-a shirt'on-the same buck, it is necesyok'e ofa shirt. his the object of this invention sary to-provide a meanswhich will take careof to provide a buck adaptedsfor quick and proper the collar or neckband ofthe shirt during the pressing of the'yoke oi a shirt in a; single operapressing operation and a buck which will accomtion and. without injury or distortion of shirt modate the collar and neckband for pressing parts attachedtheretoand to provide a buck without distortion of other prior pressed parts of that may be" useful for pressing other parts of the shirt.

1 theshirt such as'the collar ofacollar-attached Various objects and advantageous features of shirt without altering the eifectiveness' as a my invention willbe seen in theffollowing-depressing b d-fb iygk scription'and one embodiment thereof maybe The yoke of 'a'shirt is the portion that rests on seen in' the accompa y drawings whereinsimthe shoulders of. "'a wearer and terminates in il'ar characters of reference designate correspond- 'li sleeve, bac'kyoke'andsideshoulderseams, the i g parts, and'wherein: i a f side shoulder :edges ofthe yoke being sewed to a' is a p p ve view o the pressing m the front of the shirt and extends from the sleeve Chine embodying y v n o F g. 2 15a p seams t trt t of each side of t view of apressing buck constructed in accordance collar :or neckband. At this point and from each With my inv n; Fig- '3 is a View similar to side of the collar band, the yoke curves inwardly 2 and ShOWiHg-a-ShiItWith the y i p ition to fit the curve of the collar. The opposite or for pressing; F 4 is a pl n v w simi o Fi back yoke edge of-the yoke extends from sleeve 2 d how ng the collar of a collar-atseam'to' sleeve scam in usuallya straight line at tached Shirt applied to the buck in a p io for a comparatively short distance from the rear pressing; and g- 5 hOWSa buck constructed in eedge'o'f the collar band. Thus, the yoke is a comaccordance With my invention as'forming a pa t parativelynarrow strip of clothv just wide enough Of a triple head-Dress ihehl'dihg a Cuff buck at a to cover the shoulders andprovides the part of each Side Of the y ke buck. the" shirt supporting the remainder on the body. Referring to 1 the drawings, have The yoke is generally of shirt thickness but due shown a pressing machine of e i i s yp and 30 t peculiar shape and connection with t of which a buck constructed in accordance-with collanpresents quite a problem in high producmy invention forms '3 part. However, it will be tion and quality'pressing. understood that the buck is equally applicable to .Heretofore, it has been the general practice to e 011 many other types of pressing es press a small square area of the yoke immediately embodying relatively movable pressing membe s.v

3 1adjacent the rear collar seam by employing a The Dress Shown Comprises lya'base frame press having a small square buck, the shirt being 1 having an p ht 2 the eon which carries a placed on the buckso that the collar or neckbandheated pressins'head or chest The k 4, was behind the rear edge of the'buck so as not Which'may be of the usual a d ype; s arched to be pressed bycontact of the heated chest and to form pressing Surface of generally y cal.

40 1 h d, Th the remaining portion of form about an axis from front to rear with re the yoke from the rear collar seam forwardly to spect to an Operator Standing in' front of the mathe sideshoulder edges would be finished by hand. chiheand is mounted-- on a bracket 5 secured to Itwould be most, desirable to" press the collar or the upper end of a rod 6 which p p d'by a neckband and the yoke :on the'same buck but pivetelly mounted level the lever being D ,;due to the'arrangement of the collar and yoke oiallylmountedthe upright s eff-8. Such mo and particularly the curvature of the seam bee has its free end Testing and engaged y tweenthe collar and yoke a buck has not herethe upper Disten 9 a D W Y Y tofore been provided whereon this could be satisihdel' and D Construction Su table iactorily accomplished. For instance, if the 001- means, including tleadles 11 e p ovided 50 1 and yoke areyplaced upon b in an tfor controlling-the operation ofapiston in-the tempt to press-them simultaneously'andthe colcylinder 10; I v lar smoothed out, the yoke will of necessity form In ra 'When the e d e 11 is moved wrinkles an'd iolds due to the curvature of the y, the piston y d is allowed collar. Further, after the yoke is smoothed to to drop due to exhaust 0f fluid p su from" 5 -'.form a lay, the collar will stand up away from beneath the piston whereupon, due to spring actuno ated or other means (not shown) in engagement with the base frame 1 or upright 2, the buck 4 tiltsforwardly and a garment may be placed thereon. Then, downward movement of the In accordance with my invention, a pressing bed or buck 4 is formed in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 wherein the rearward'side edge of the buck is provided witha recess 14 into which the collar or neckband of a shirt is depressed when the lay is made as shownin Fig.3. The edges 15 and'l6 of the buck are shown slightly curved to more or less conform to the side shoulder edges of a yoke. 17 and 18 of the buck, the angle being greater than 90? and, thereforag-extend rearwardly from the buck ends 17 and 18 to their point of intersection with the contour of .the recess 14. Such construction is importantin that 'it provides a the side shoulder edges of a yoke In, F igs. ;2,- 3 and 4 the total depth of the buck 4,-isshown to be slightly in excess of, the width of the yoke. It has been found to thus be most buck havingan edge thatfollows the contour of convenient since, -while providing a buck of a width to insure ypressingqof the entire yoke as shown, in Fig. 3 ,-,itwill permit an operator standing-=in front of, the buck to complete the pressing.

a of, both the yoke and the collar band'and collar on the same buck withoutshifting position.

' The, buck 4 is provided on its opposite edgewith a contour particularly applicableto the ironing-of other; parts oftheshirt as, for instanceythe collar of a collar-attachedshirt'or the neckband of a negligee shirt. For example, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the front edge 19. of thebuck 4 has a contour that conforms substantially to the bottom seam of the collar band of a collar-attached shirt, s shown in Figs. 4 and 5 wherein the collar band and collar of a shirt are shown applied to the buck 4. It will beunderstood that the rearward edge of the buck 4 may be shaped differently to accommodate shirts having different forms of neokbands or collarbands without departing from the invention, a

lhlpressing the yoke of a shirt, the shirt is placed on. the buck 4 as shown in Figs. 3- andfi with thejside shoulder seams20 and 21 of the yoke in alignment with the edges 15 and 16 of the buck. Then, the ends 22 and 23 of the yoke are smoothed towards the ends 17 and 18 of the buck and the collar 24 is depressed into the recess portion 14 insuch a osition that the seam 25 of the collar band coincides with the contour of the recess 14.1

With the yoke in proper position on the buck 4,

the bnckmay be moved into pressing engagement with the usual pressing head, and ironing pressure applied.

the buck 4 of the type just described incombinationwith andlocated-between spaced cuff bucks They lie at an angle to the ends 1 siti'on by a movement toward the operator while the garment or article from one machine to another in performing the various ironing operations thereon. The buck is also of an arched shape which will permit a collar and neckband to be ironed thereon andaccommodates the curved neckband in such manner that the collar and neckband. maybe smoothed thereon without necessitating a bunching up of the shirt yoke. What I claim is: 7 ,1. A shirt pressing machine, including a lower garment supporting and pressing bed having an upper pressing surface'archedin generally cylindrical form about an axis from front. to rear with respect to an operator standing in. the front of the machine. the rear edge of said pressing bed being providedwith a: centrally disposedv recess adapted'to receive the-collar of ajcollareattached shirt and on each. side thereof beingshapedt-to correspondwith the side shoulderaseams of a shirt applied to the bed with the: yoke smoothed out upon its. pressing surface, and the. front. edge of said bed being shaped to conform. to the lower seam of the collar band of suchz'shirt." i 2.v A shirt pressing machinaincluding a lower garment supporting and pressingzbed' .having an upper pressing surface arched'in generally cylin='110 drical form about an axis from front to rear with respect to an operator standing in the front ofthemachine, the rear edge of said pressing bed.

being provided with a centrally disposed recess adapted to receivethe collar of a collar-attached 1-15 shirt and on each side thereof being shaped to correspond withthe side shoulder seams of. ashirt applied to the bed with the yoke smoothed out upon its pressing surface, the front edge of said bed being shaped .to conform to the lower seam of the collar band of such shirt, and the bed, from front to rear,'being ofisuch width that when. the shirt isdressed thereon'with the attached collar within said recess the back yoke seam lies between the front and rear edges of the bed and when the shirt is dressed upon said bed with the neckband seam coincident with the frontedge of the bed the collar may be spread out smoothly upon the arched pressing. surface without bunching of the shirt yoke.

3. A shirt press having a presser head coop- T the pressing surface,withthe"recess facing to Referring to Fig. 5 of the drawmgsflhave shown ward the rear of v.the press'and the area" of said pressing surface being not much greater than the area of theyoke and'c'ollar of the-shirtwhen flattened, whereby after pressing the' yoke, the collar and band can be brought 'into'pressing po'-- standing at the front of themachine and while facing toward the rear of the machine.

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